Strategy Consulting Analyst - London Office

About CIL

CIL is an international management consultancy that helps clients to grow their businesses, build value and invest wisely. Most of our engagements involve an M&A element, primarily to advise private equity firms who are looking to invest in high growth businesses. Increasingly, we follow these engagements with strategy work to help investors and management teams make the most of the growth opportunities available to their businesses.

Although we work in structured project teams, we are socially very equal, lively and inclusive – we work in open-plan offices and our ‘culture’ is the product of our people. Our London office is located in the heart of the city, close to Bank and St Paul’s tube stations.

The role

The Analyst role is the first stage in a strategy consultant’s career. It is a demanding job, but you will receive first class training from our successful consultants. As an integral part of our project teams, CIL Analysts will:

• Grasp new business models quickly, typically working on a different project every 4-6 weeks.
• Take responsibility for testing commercial hypotheses through collecting and interrogating primary and secondary research. 
• Carry out rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis of industry and internal company datasets.
• Play a key role in debating and refining hypotheses with the project manager and project leader, drafting clear & concise output for inclusion in the final report once agreed.
• Get in front of clients and help present our findings – we firmly believe that early client exposure is a great way to learn & develop.
• Help coach new graduate intakes after six months.

What CIL people are like

We have a team of ~200 highly qualified, skilled people across our five offices. Successful CIL people share:

• Strong academic background (we are degree agnostic) from a top university.
• Strong team working and people skills.
• A keen sense of humour and broad shoulders.

Qualification criteria

• Outstanding numeracy, written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent research techniques and critical thinking ability.
• Business acumen and curiosity for solving business problems.
• Exceptional people and workload management skills.
• Any languages an advantage as many of our projects involve an international element.

Benefits

We are committed to being the best consultancy to work for in our field. As well as the benefits below, we pride ourselves on being flexible to the needs and personal circumstances of every single employee. The main benefits we offer include:

• Rapid, meritocratic progression, with exposure to investors and management teams from the start.
• High-quality training delivered within a hugely supportive learning environment.
• Competitive remuneration and bonus scheme, with generous holiday entitlement (25 days) with option to purchase five additional days each year.
• Matched pension contributions.
• Option to join company private healthcare scheme through Vitality.
• Regular company events & socials.
• An incredible company culture, with encouragement to pursue activities & interests outside of work.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. CIL commits to creating and maintaining a culture where every employee feels included and respected; to countering discrimination through our recruitment and training processes and our interaction with other stakeholders; and to celebrating the diverse contributions of all our employees and stakeholders.